Ciara Mageean of UCD made an impressive return to competition with a time of 4:08.32 – her second fastest ever – at the KBC Nacht in Heusden, Belgium last night. It’s by some way the fastest 1500m time run by an Irish female athlete this season so far and not far off the 4:07.45 Mageean […]
John Travers of Donore and UCD’s Ciara Mageean were the winners of the New Year’s Day Tom Brennan Memorial 5km, held in Dublin’s Phoenix Park. Despite the squally conditions, Travers finished in a respectable time of 14 mins 43 secs, with previous winner John Coghlan of MSB also breaking 15 minutes. In third place was […]
Sarah McCormack of Clonliffe Harriers finished best of the Irish at the 30th World Mountain Running Championships in Italy when she finished 15th in the women’s uphill only 8.4km race in a time of 51 mins 13 secs. Less than a minute behind was Sarah Mulligan of DSD in 20th place with a time of […]
Ciara Mageean of UCD ran a personal best 4 mins 35.47 secs to finish second in the Great North Run Mile at Newcastle yesterday. The race was won by Scotland’s Laura Muir in 4:34.84. Donore’s John Travers finished 7th in the men’s mile with a time of 4:03.68. In the much-hyped 30th anniversary Great North […]
Leevale’s Ciaran O Lionaird booked his place on the Irish team for the European Athletics Championships when he won a thrilling 1500m at the second day of the Glo Health Irish Track and Field Championships in Santry. Four men have A qualifying standards for the 1500m at the Europeans and they duly finished in the […]
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